TRIPLE Cat 657 scraper.

Hi, Folks.
Here is a link to a You Tube video which has a short clip of the triple Cat 657 craper which Buster Peterson built for Peter Kiewit for use on the California Aquaduct project - segment five in the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjWdOpu4i10

Hazza cuppla other goodies in there too.

Just my 0.02.

Be careful I think Deas must have been dozing at the switch 😉. The Cat scraper is at the 4 minute mark. Well I guess he did not become a salesmen for JD dozers as I thought the way the it starts.😂

Thanks for sharing Deas.

Hi, Ray54.
It might not be just your creaky joints that need attention. I never mentioned a time for the triple 657s in that video. Instead, I said that they were in "segment five". The video has separate segments for each of the machines that it mentions. These segments can be seen in the red 'play time line' by placing your cursor in the lowest section of the video frame.

I hope you and your lovely wife both get well soon.

Just my 0.02.

Wow! Thank you so much! I'm Buster Peterson's granddaughter and this video is fantastic. I sent a link to my dad, who is 88 and going strong. He worked with Grampy and Uncle Howard at Peterson Tractor for years and has great memories. I'll share some photos soon if y'all like. What a gift, thank you so much.

Yes! Please share photos of all caterpillar stuff you have we enjoy seeing pictures as I don’t really like to read lol!

Hi, Katy.

Welcome to the forum. I have had a keen interest in Buster's work for many years now and I suspect that there just might possibly be a few 'photo-hungry' types on this forum who would love to see any photos that you choose to share.

Here are some from my own collection. The offset sideboom pipelayer in these photos was on a 14A D8 where Buster's original conversions would have been on early series 2U D8s:

Just my 0.02.

And a video of what I suspect may have been one of Buster's original conversions:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tywMXX-9VsQ

Just my 0.02.